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Staff Roundtable: Preseason Predictions

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The offseason is finally over, and it’s time for our staff writers to put their money where their mouth is and predict the 2023 season.

Vanderbilt saw significant improvement from 2021 to 2022, jumping from two wins to five and snapping a 26-game SEC losing streak. Will the Commodores continue to build on that? Will 2023 be a step back? Will Vanderbilt return to a bowl game? Let’s find out!

Tom Stephenson

For the first time since probably the James Franklin years, I feel some sense of optimism about the Vanderbilt football program. (I mean, sure, there were a couple of bowl seasons under Derek Mason.